Record Details
| NHER Number: | 6452 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Group of Iron Age urns |
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Summary
Four Iron Age pots were found during an excavation carried out by Norwich Castle Museum in 1956. These were found within a patch of darker soil, possibly a pit.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 2308 4165 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG24SW |
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| Parish: | CROMER, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
July 1956.
In base of cliffs at Happy Valley 137m north of Lighthouse.
Iron Age A pottery found.
24 July 1956.
Excavated for NCM by R. R. Clarke, D. R. Howlett, P. Marsden, and D. Vokes.
4 pots lying together crushed, top 45cm below modern surface.
Soot in bottom of urns I, II, and III.
Hole 1.9m deep.
Decoration of Urn I and cordons of Urn II suggest Iron Age A perhaps A2.
Wessex Infuence.
See sketch of pottery (S1) and photos (S2).
The results of this work are also summarised in (S3).
R. R. Clarke (NCM)
Monument Types
- PIT? (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
Associated Finds
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- URN (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Serial: 1956. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries. No 3. p 3. |
| --- | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1956. [unknown]. 27 November. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Photograph: 1956. NCM M11-20. |
| --- | Photograph: 1956. NCM 841. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Iron Age. Cromer. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Illustration: Apling, H. 1956. Sketch of Iron Age pottery from Cromer. Tracing paper. 1:1. |
| <S2> | Photograph: Clarke, R. R. and Marsden, P. (NCM). 1956. Excavation photographs. |
| <S3> | Article in Serial: Clarke, R. R. 1957. Other Archaeological Excavations 1956. Norfolk Research Committee Bulletin. Series 1 No 9 (for 1956) p 2. |
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